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- 6511: Learned Optimisim
- ... in 1949, and his master's degree, in Library Science, at the University of Michigan in 1951. He began writing poetry at the age of four. A continuation of his writing was successful on African American literary figures. In 1965 he wrote the Ballad of Birmingham a very tragic, and emotional poem. In the early years of the Negro rebellion, it was common in this geographical area, to find Negroes floating ...
- 6512: How To Play Asshole
- To all you incoming college freshman that don’t want to make a fool of yourself at college parties, learn this drinking game. Perhaps the King of all drinking games, Asshole is a true American classic. Asshole is a game that tests one’s ability to concentrate, as well as one’s threshold for humiliation, for the object of the game is for those in power to abuse those who ...
- 6513: Mcdonaldization Of Society
- ... little easier is by implementing a function now know as "McDonaldization". McDonaldization is defined as "the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world." (1) The success of McDonalds, and of McDonaldization as a whole, is due to four basic factors--efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control. One of the first ...
- 6514: The Death Penalty for Justice and Safety
- ... times as likely to be sentenced to death than people convicted of killing a non-white person (Wilson 2). In addition, out of 1,117 inmates on death row in 1994, 40 percent were African-American (Ross 149) African-Americans comprise only 12 percent of the general population (149). Also, the fact that 98 percent of all District Attorneys are white is not reassuring to those concerned with racial disparity when ...
- 6515: "Legalization of Marijuana"
- ... come and buy a large amount and export to the still drug-free countries. America’s reputation could go down the drain. Not only would America’s reputation go down but also the fears of American citizens conducting every day life stoned from marijuana is a scary thought. The effects of marijuana are not alcohol’s but would impair a person’s driving ability. Accidents would increase. People who would abuse ...
- 6516: Men Fear Death
- ... have been aimed at making it illegal and punishing those who do it, i.e. Jack Kevorkian. Yet despite the stands made by state governments, as of a 1997 USA Today/CNN Poll, 57% of American’s favor legal assisted suicide. Worldwide numbers show up to 80% support in Britain and 76% in Canada. So is death the last sleep? Or the greatest good? It depends purely on your background. A ...
- 6517: Men And Women 2
- Men and Women Whoever said men and women are equal must be blind. Women have always taken a back seat to men in American society. This occurrence is not only found in the United States, but in other countries as well. It's safe to say that the Declaration of Independence started it, and it has continued to the ...
- 6518: The Controversy of Capital Punishment
- ... present, it is virtually impossible to apply death sentences fairly because people on death row are typically poor, and thus could not afford the best defense at their initial trial. They are also predominately Afro-American or Hispanic, which raises larger issues of racial inequality in the US, where ethnic minorities are likely to receive more strict judgments from juries than their white counterparts who commit the same crime. Poor people ...
- 6519: Hemp-A Crop With No Future For
- ... their drug test?" (Clark 86). This is a great question. Today, in the United States there is an overproduction of many crops. According to a recent report from State Legislatures, "Congress has to bail out American farmers. Grain prices plunged in 1999, well below the break-even point, as did the livestock market. Pigs were selling for as little as $40 apiece; wheat for less than $2.91 a bushel, driving ...
- 6520: Capital Punishment
- ... and William the Conqueror (1066-1087) was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal (Kronenwetter 12). Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies. Although the death was widely accepted throughout the early United States, not everyone approved of it. In the late-eighteen century, opposition to the death penalty gathered enough strength to lead to important restrictions ...
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